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AwALK OVER FOR THE WALES STAKES.

LONDON. July Sat the New Market
meeting to-day Gen. Owen Williams colt,
Senanses, has a walk over for the Prince of
Wales private stakes for 2-year olds.
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SAN FRANCISCO, July THE steamship
City of Sydney arrived to-day from Hong
Kong and Yokahoma, having sailed from
the latter port June 81. Her mail advlces
sbow that all German officers in the Chl'
nese service with three exceptions will re-
turn on the completion OF the years
service. -
THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT
bas decided to build three new war vessels
of round shape to cost $4,000, 900 each.
there are in addition seven men-ot-war TO
he built in advance in England and wh,cn
ore tn he completed before the year 1859.
Tic Jansn Gazette publishes advices from
Corea declaring that the Chinese party Is
40 ct;callv in the ascendant in that conn
nv and that the dominant party Is oe-
no nd;uo that the country be closeo 10
s...a;on Intercourse and that western !nno-
not;ons. including telephone, eiectr'c heno,
nowder factories and a college Ior Ine
rs+ndv of the English language be aoohs oeu' :
r. ia claimed that the Government ~
weak that it
HAS NO INFLUENCE
I'd ia unable to enforce it's orders upon i.s
...ho,d;nates a hundred or so miles ou'sioe
s sso n;tal So long as China affects TO
bold s;uze, ain rights over Corea the cla'n IS
ada that niece and prosperity cannon eA,
u"u" !na anch connection is certain 20 c"ule.
s.' !,"usr 90 and possibly intrigue on tne PHs h
lea,ohus they movers, owe Russia in particular: e ane
dSersi party, is still ledetien sen"is i
lacCH Ia that the King may appear " G .s
treaty to assist n'm, OF
Chinese bonds; .:,ed die iete contract for tbs
has lately sa.ecen t@o iron D, steamers and steam
purcnsaste as 70 i, he ' constructed in Germany
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single birds, resulting in A. J. Fisk winner
by to g.. hs shooting to-day will begin
at $50 with the consolation shoot Of ves.
terday.
1H0 OI8m000s
THE NORTHWESTERN LEAGUE.

THE NORTHWESTERN LEAGUE.
ST. PAUL. July 7.-[Special to The
Miner. 1.-The following is the result o,
the Northwestern League games today;
At Minneapolis-Min Minneapolis 2, st,
Paule.
At Eau Claire-Ean Claire 3, Duluth 8.
At Dos Moines-Des Moines 10, La Crosse
At Oshkoeh-Oshkosh 4, Milwaukee II.
The batteries were st. Paul, Duryea.
Stockwell; Minneapolis, Foster-M Keever;
Des Moines. Wells-sage; La Crosse, Pyle.
Hardie; Oshkosh, Lunt-Nagle; Milwaukee,
Smith-Broughton
BASE BALL RECORD.
At Gncinnati-Metropolitans 1; Cincin-
natl s.
At Louisville-Brooklyn 4; Louisville 8.
At Observation-Disclosures z; Cleveland 6.
THE RED STOCKING TEAM.
The f.llowing is the team selected by the
Red Stocking base ball club to play at
Helena on the 9th for $50 side and the
gate receipts: Magee, catcher; C. Williams,
pitcher; Major Smith, 1b; Bealey, 2b; Ed.
De Mars, 8b; McMurray, Sc; Ed. Knowlden,
81; W. F. Williams. II; Ed. Norcrose, IF;
Mase Cohn, sub; Abe Cohn, manager; Al.
Copiuns. treasurer.
INDIANAPOLIS VS.. WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, July THE Indianapolis
club defeated the Washingtons to-day in a
Jane which, while it was we'll played, was
The Hoosiers punched three
oalls in the first inning and took the lead,
which they held to the finish. The pitchers
we're Boyle and Gilmore, the catchers,
Myers and Mack. Score-Indianapolis 5,
WASHINGTON 3,
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NORTHWESTERN LEAGUE GAMES.

ST.. PAUL, July S.-[Special to the Miner.]
At St. Paul-Minneapolis 4, St. Paul 10.
Batteries: st. Paul, Wan and Stockwell;
Minneapolis, Willis and McCover.
THE BASE BALL RECORD.
At Detroit-Detroit 8, New York 6.
At Indianapolis-1ndian 10, Wash.
ington 1.
At Cincinnati-No game on account OF
rain.
At Boston-Boston 2, Pittsburg 4.
At St. Louis-St. Louis 3, Baltimore 4.
At Cleveland-Cleveland 3, Athletics g..
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. At 3, Chicago
&
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"The Planters Wife,"

On Monday evening Miss Edna Courtney
will make her first appearance at the
Grand Opera House in the famous play,
1.-The Planters Wife," which has been 80
extensively played throughout the East.
1t was in this play Mics Courtney scored
her frst success. and she regards it as q
mascotte, inasmuch as she has, since she
first essayed the role, continually advanced
n the profession, and last season played
one OF the most successful engagements of
all the stars who visited the New England
States. Miss Courtney began her profess
sion at the Fifth Avenue Theater, in New
York, under Augustin Daly's management.
She was at the time mere child. but very
precocious for her age, and played import
ant lines of business with Fs my Davenport
and Clara Morris when both were members
of the same company. Miss tourtney has
starred in Claire and the Forge Master,
Planters Wife, Clancarty, New Magdalen,
Led Astray and Saratoga. The support
ing company is a very strong one, and
Miss Mary Timberman. Miss Minnie Dupee,
Miss Jessie Dunnipg are ladies that adorn
any company. Sale OF seats begins this
morning and Miss Courtney will receive q
welcome in Butte
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All q Canard.

WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE state depart
ment has received no information in regard
to the report of a massacre of Cinnamon
in Idaho Territory. The Chinese legation
ia eodallv Ignorant
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Wrestlers and Sluggers.
FRANK KENNEY WOULD wREsrLE,


ANACONDA, July TITO the Editor of
The Miner. while 1 am not particularly
anxious to wrestle, at present working for
the Anaconda Smelling Company, 1 will
meet any or all of the gentlemen who have
been airing themselves through the Butte
press. First. as to j. H. McLaughlin's
challenge in offering to wrestle US scrubs in
Montana, he weighing 24O pounds and
coming with reputation enough to frighten
US, and asking us to wrestle him his ch oice
styles, and holding over us from 40 to 90
pounds in weight. So far as l am con-
cerned do not propose to take those
chances. I weigh 16O pounds, and will
wrestle j. H. Mclaughlin side holds, best
in five, taking my choice OF sides and under
hold. I ask this on account OF q difference
of 80 pounds in weight.
l will wrestle any man in Montana my
weight, side holds, or Cornish style. for
$3.50 side. see by the morning s MINER,
of July 1st, that Walter James friends
claim for him the titleuf
CHAMPION OF MONTANA
at Cornish style. and weigh 1876 pounds.
I will not make any objection to 35
pounds over me in weight. will wrestle
him for $3.50 aside, Cornish style. As to
what appeared in The MINER. that he
threw Frank Kinney, Dick Francis, Rich
ard Thomas and Joe Richards, have
this to say, that was the first time ever
put IN Cornish jacket. I wrestled four
hours with James Pascoe, when, bv agree
ment, we tossed for fall, and I won. 1t
was immediately after my four hours
contest with Pascoe that Jane threw me.
He is welcome to all the glory he won by
that fall, and am ready with the amount
of money l named to give him q chance to
do it again. 1 will give Montana wrestlers
another offer, and will wrestle any man in
Montana my weight
FIVE STYLES.
viz. catch-as-catch-can, Greco-Roman,
collar and elbow, Cornish style and side
hold for $3.50 aside. II Peter Sehumaker's
challenge is not accepted by Pascoe in two
weeks 1 will wrestle him the three styles
we wrestled before for $3.50 and all gate
receipts, wrestle to take place sixty days
after signing articles of agreement. l am
ready with money to back up airy OF the
offers l have made and any match make
must be on the square. Whenever hear
either by public acceptance or by private
letter a response to this, will put up
500 with any responsible party, the
balance to be put up on the evening OF the
match, to wrestle the styles have named.
FRANK KENNEY.
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.,,s,,. cartmen Strike.

New YORK, July Nearly sn'e' struck %
dred building material cartmen ne+nrn n to
yesterday: Unless they ,;, sSGp be Suspended.
The eart%sns strike srdss e1isnaist t aiteets deal
srs 10 brick cement ths and nsttsmpt .! the i:v
secure the profit Q, Nv vori onion men to-day.
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DRAMATIC NOTES.

Edna Courtney, the American Lsngtry,
closes her engagement in Helena this even
ing.
Rhea played Pygnalion and Galatea in
Anaconda last evening and tonight ap-
pears in her best play, Fairy Fingers.
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UNKNOWN TO THE DEPARTMENT.
Beecher'e Bad Boy.

SOME AWFUL CHARGES AGAINST HIM.
SAN FRANCISCO, July s.-The Chronicle
devotes two pages to the letters and affi-
davits found among the effects OF the late
Abner Blake, formerly Deputy United
States Collector at Port Townsend, Wash
ineton Territory, who died under mysteri-
GUS circumstances, at Chicago last May,
while on his way to Washington. The
article shows that Blake, who had been re-
moved from the customs service, held to
the opinion that II. F. Beecher, son OF the
late Henry Ward Beecher, who was col:
lector of Port Townsend, and. who is now
Treasury Agent there, had defrauded the
Government, and in one instance had with
held from an informer the money due him,
growing out OF q
LARGE OPIUM SEIZURE.
The seizure in question consisted of four
teen barrels of opium. which was found
hidden in Alaskan Bay, having been placed
there by the captain of the steamer Idaho.
The seized opium was sold by the Govern
ment for thirty-two thousand dollars, of
which the informer, G. NJ. Rouse, was to
have received about sixteen thousand dol
lars. In the papers of Blake it is shown
that Rouse received no money. but that a
Chinamau named All Coy, of Victoria, was
substituted as dummy" informer and
given one hundred and thirty three dol
lars, although he signed as having received
three thousand dollars. These and other
serious charges were made by Blake to the
officials at Washington, but no attention
being paid to them,
BLAKE STARTED EAST
with the documents in person but was in
duced to stop at Chicago, where he died.
The afidavits include those of every per-
son connected with the opium seizure, in
Guiding that of All Coy together with tran.
scripts from the ''seizure book" at Port
Townsend. Other affidavits, among
Blake's papers, made by the people at
Port Townsend and elsewhere, charge
Beecher with collecting from the Govern
ment money for expenses and for the con-
struction of boats for the use of the custom
service in each instance larger than
was actually paid out by Beecher.
In letter written by Rouse from Chicago
he expresses the belief that Blake there met
"Bilp' Minty, formerly employed on the
| steamer Evangel, of which Beecher was cap.
tain, and by him was induced to remain at
Chicago, and that while there Blake met
foul play to prevent his pis proposed ex
posure, resulting in his health.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-06-30
One of the Questions.

George William Curtis, in the Edi-
tors Easy Chair in the current number
of Harper's Monthly, fires a telling
shot at the large body of men who are
eager that the state should do every
thing, or who at least favor state rath
or than individual enterprise, in the
comparison he draws between the
building of the Equitable Insurance
COmpany's building in New York by
the enterprise of business organiza-
ton, and the building of the New York
state capitol at Albany. The former
is a massive palace with its entrance
hall of polished marble, with it's SYM
bOlic mosaic, it's arched roof of eXqui
sitely colored glass, and it's stately
staircase of onyx and bronze decora-
tons, perfectly adapted for the pur-
poses for which it was built; the latter
is denounced as dark, damp, and in
convenient, vast waste of space and
unmeaning splendOr, and the stones
and plaster are already falling from
the ceiling of the assembly chamber.
The palace for the Equitable was COM
pleted between two May-days; the
state capitol begun 20 years ago is not
yet completed. The Equitable man
ayers fixed price upon their building
and it was not largely exceeded; the
state, which shuddered at the thought
of spending 100000 on the capitol
at the start, has already expended over
$16,OO0,OOO and still has nothing to
show for it but an imperfect and unde
sirable mass of building material. Why
should a work which by private enter
prise is promptly and satisfactorily
completed, for a public purpose be-
come so prolonged, so wastefully cost
ly, and so unsatisfactory, is the ques-
ton Mr.. Curtis asks. He who can
answer this question can solve one of
the great problems of the time.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-06-30
The Temperance Text Books.

Recent developments confirm the
opinion entertained by many people
who have watched the progress of the
efforts to introduce temperance in
structiOn into the schools of this and
other states, that it was job in the
interest of those who had book to
sell, and those who had personal in
terest in its sale as authors MOntpe-
lier Argus.
The Argus further says that sit is
very strongly indicated" that Mrs.
Hunt was lobbying the temperance
text book bill through the legislature
last winter for money, etc. The Ar
gus and some other state papers have
been throwing out hints of this char
acter long enough. The astnte editor
of the Argus lives under the shadow of
the capitol, was on the ground all
through the session, and ought to be
smart enough to furnish something be-
sides dark hints and inuendOes in re-
lation TO this matter. If the Argus
had facts to publish it would be quick
to make them public. The fact that
it deals only in hints leads as to think
that lit hasn't any case against Mrs.
Hunt at all. If Mrs. Hunt was here as
a paid lobbyist pushing books in which
she was pecuniarily interested it ought
TO be shown up, but let it be done
man fashion and not by hints
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-06-30
Cheap Newspapers.

The Atlanta Constitution has been
discussing the subject of cheap news
papers, and has some sensible things
to say in this direction not altogether
complimentary to blanket sheets.
''The curse of this age" it says, sis
the cry for cheapness-the demand OF
the public for dollars worth of stuff
for fifty cents worth of money" and it
ventures the opinion that "the public
will finally be taught TO buy its news
as it buys its perfumes, in which tiny
bottle of Lubin is found TO hold the
essence of a broad-spreading meadow"
1t takes but casual examination OF
the immense "a, Sc and sometimes AZ
page editions of the city papers that
are frequently issued, to satisfy the
reader that the main effort OIL the part
of the reporters and editors is to null
tiply words in order to fill up the
space. The poor reader must sift a
barrel of dirt in order to get the good
penny envelOped therein. The Con-
stitution is on the right track.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-06-30
Defiant knights.

There are many indications that the
knights of Labor have already out
lived their usefulness, and that unless
radical change in policy is adopted
in it's management, the. organization
will soon be at an end. Recently a Sc
cret circular was issued from the gen.
eral headquarters to all the local as
semblies requiring the payment, with
in 20 days, of the special defense as
sessment of 25 cents upon each MEM
Der on penalty of suspension from the
order. AS consequence there was a
great furry among such local assem- :
blies as were not in very sound finan-
cial condition. The striking feature
of the case is that the numbers of as
semblies in arrears are decidedly in
the majority throughout the country
1t is stated that in many quarters there
is already manifested a determined
spirit of defiance and opposition to the
powers that be. The fact is the Amer
lean working man has too much self
respect to submit to the dictatiOns of
a few bosses who have at heart their
own personal interests only, and who
are not true laboring men in any true
sense of the word.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-06-30

For one, sincerely hope the matter
will hereafter be more discussed both
by the press and people. Perhaps
those who live remotely from Canada
line and the larger cities do not realize
the tremendous influx of foreigners
across the border. AS You intimate,
this would not be so bad if only this
class were intelligent, honest and So
ber-ready to help the state and be-
come good citizens. But unfortunately
this is not the case. Large numbers
come out of Canada right upon us, and
many of them are hardly less than pau
pers the moment they arrive, and if
sickness or other troubles Overtake
them, as is often the case, they at once
become public charges. 1t is almost
universally the case that this class un-
derbid our own native laborers on al
most all kinds of work. The natural
consequence is our own people become
restless, unsettled and discouraged, if
not desperate. For us Americans this
matter looks suicidal. | don't believe
we are in any way bound as a people
to break ourselves down in order to
hold up pauper foreigners. But this
is practically what we are doing. A
poor Frenchman lands in Canada only
yesterday, comes into the estates" to-
day, aud perhaps has to be "helped"
by us tomorrow And yet we have
heretofore taken all this good natured-
ly, because our country is popularity
known as the "asylum" of the poor and
oppressed, Notwithstanding most of us
who have done the "helping" have
worked hard ourselves to live. Now
how long is this state of things to exist
without some sort of remonstrance I
Our Legislators spend one-half of their
time, probably, on questions not one
half as momentous as this. This i'm
migration business has already ASSUME
ed such proportions that, unless check
ed by some wise legislation, we shall
sooner or later have a trouble tn
shoulder, the magnitude of which will
far exceed the dark days of slavery.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-06-30
Mr.. Smalley Talks.

Hon. B. B. Smalley was in Kansas
City last week looking after some in
vestments in that section, and was in
terviewed by a reporter of the Kansas
City Journal to whom he said
So far as l know, you may safely
say there is no republican OfficehOlder
in Vermont that the democrats want
removed in the internal revenue, GUS
toms or pOstoffice department. In the
custom department in the state of Yer
mont, there are between sixty and sew
enty officers of the custom and all but
three or four are democrats, though
the district comes under the civil SER
vice rule. Every presidential pOstof-
fee but one is in the hands of demo-
Gratis, and that Office would, in my
opinion, be changed could the demo-
Gratis of the town agree upon a suitable
man, whose appointment would be un
asssailable from any but political
grounds.
Concerning the removal of the dis
trict attorney Mr.. Smalley says, Che
was a man who made a capital stump
speech and took every occasion to at
tack the nominees of the democratic
party from the time of his appoint
ment in 1880, down to the election OF
Cleveland in 1884," Mr.. Smalley cleft
home firmly impressed with the belief
that the Eastern and Middle states, in
Guiding New York, were very decided
ly in favor of the denomination OF
President Cleveland, and have yet to
meet the first man of any prominence
who does not think that Cleveland
will be the nominee of the democratic
national convention in 1885," He pre-
diets that the democrats will succeed
next year because "they have the in
side track, are intrenched in the
strongholds of offices, have the pres.
tige of victory, and will catch the float
ing new yotes.r
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-06-30
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Big Chicago Fire.


Some 81 ,250,O went up in smoke
at the Union stock yards of Chicago
Sunday. Early in the morning one of
The employees of the Chicago packing
and provision company discovered a
fire in the tank room. In a few mo-
ments one of the tanks exploded, scat
tering burning lard over the adjacent
buildings and dozen separate fires
were soon competing with each other
in the destruction of the immense es-
Establishment. Though the fire was put
out in the evening, Ia hours after it
started, the smoldering embers con-
tinued to laden the air with the fumes
of roast pork and five-acre oven re-
NAMED on the premises red hot for a
couple of days.
The government intends to establish
laboratory in Chicago to test the OLE
Omargarine produced in the West.
Sara Bernhardt is said to have gath
cred in $500, 900 as the result of her
tour in this country and South Ameri-
ca.
A huge tobacco warehouse, belong
ing to three different firms at Louis
vile, KY, burned last Friday night !;
loss $500,000.
The news from Egypt is highly SEN
sational, indicating as it does, cOmpli
cations seriously involving three of
the European powers.
The farm of Rev. Henry Ward Beech
er at Peekskill has been purchased by
General Thomas, the president of the
East Tennessee railroad.
The Merrimac river had a tremen-
dOus freshet last week. The water
rose over ten feet in a few hours, and
immense quantities of logs got loose at
Nashua.
A hail storm in Kansas was severe
enough to beat in Pullman car win
dOws and drive the engineer from his
cab. He stopped the train and climb
ed down under the engine for safety.
What is said to be the 2I5th case of
lynching in the state of Mississippi
since Governor Lowry was elected,
took place last Tuesday morning,
when James w. Webb, white man
charged with numbering his wife, was
dragged from Jail and hung.
The pope has communicated DR..
McGlynn, who was served 40 days ago
with papal bull of accommodation
if he did not appear or make applica
ton for hearing at Rome within 40
days. AS no such application has been
made and as the doctor is not there,
he stands accommodated by his own
act.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-06-30

The graduation exercises of the State
Normal school at johnson took place
Thursday. This was the fOrty-trst
class that has graduated from this in
stitutiOn, and numbered twelve.
L. G. Pope, formerly of Montpelier,
recently of Chicago, is reported an en-
bezzler of Chicago city funds to the
amount of $4,000. He is supposed to
be in Canada. He has wife aud two
children.
The Wallingford station on the Ben
nington and Rutland railroad was en-
tered at noon Saturday while the
agent was at dinner, the Office entered,
the money drawer broken and about
$50 taken. Nobody caught.
About $500 in gold, bank notes and
government bonds were found recent
ly in an old tin box in the garnet OF
Edward Gilson's house in Bennington.
1t is supposed the money was put there
by Mrs. Calvin ellison, who died about
two years ago.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-06-30
PEACHAM.

1t has rained nearly every day for a
week.
Herman Payne, from Baltimore is
stopping with his grandfather, L. L.
McClary.
Janet Young, who has been sick
through the spring with dropsy, died
on Tuesday.
III. III. Blanchard of Windsor, is
spending a part of his vacation with
his uncle, DIR. Blanchard.
Persons who are willing to take one
or more fresh air children please leave
word to that effect with Susie F
COwles.
Prof. C.. A. Bunker is elected dele
gate to the annual convention of the
Y. P. S. C. E., to be held at Saratoga
next week.
David Sanborn, who has been alb
sent and unheard from for twenty five
years, has turned up and is visiting
relatives in town.
An occasional correspondent from
Peacham writes US the following slight
correction of an item published last
week Rev. S. S. Martyr was not act
ing pastor, but actual pastor, made so
by special vote of the church with the
word "uninstalledn after bis name. 1t
is claimed this relation is in keeping